Notebooks and Holiday Quirks in Local Notes
Ray McConnell surveys festive displays at Hospitality House and Pasadena clubs, noting quirky decorations from desert flora to wire figures. He captures Santa TV, a clerk’s joke on losses, and civic notices, plus church carols and local trade ads as seasonal color.
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Hospitality House
Descanso Gardens
Holy Land
la Canada
Jesus
Little
Garden Club
Pasadena
Samuel Ayresby
Temple City
Santa Claus
Salvation Army
Colorado Blvd
San Diego County
Paul Eke
Southland Painsettia King
Miami
Carmel
Eleanor M. Bjorkman
Messish Lutheran Church
East Orange Grove
North Madison
Lucia
Hawaiian Slide Show Double Feature Planned at Pasadena Store
Editor Dave Gilfill announced repeat showings of the Hawaiian Garden Tour slides with sound and color film at J. W. Robinson Pasadena on January 18 at 2 and 7 pm. Tickets from the November 11 showing overflow were distributed. unclaimed tickets will be reissued for January 18.
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Star News
Dave Gilfill
Jan
J. W. Robinson
Pasadena
Robiany
Gilinan
Airport Helicopter Runs Slated Soon
Los Angeles officials announce a new helicopter shuttle between downtown and the international airport to begin within six weeks. Helicabs, Inc. will operate Bell 47.7 craft capable of carrying three passengers and a pilot on nine minute flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
International Airport
Airport Commission
Don Belding
Helicabs, Inc
Day of Infamy Pearl Harbor Memorial on USS Arizona
Memorial marks the 18th anniversary of Pearl Harbor with a bugler’s First Call and wreaths on a platform above the wrecked USS Arizona. Attendees include Sen. Barry Goldwater, Lt. Gov. James Kealoha, Adm. Felt, Adm. Hopwood, Rear Admiral Solomons, and chaplains. A rifle volley commemorates the attack and the 1941 casualties.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
Beron
Bary Goldwater
R-Ariz
Hawaii
James Kealoha
Harry D. Felt
U.S
Pacific
Herbert G. Hopwood
U.S. Pacific
Edward A. Solomons
Idle Navall
Ford Island
Wounded Truman Guard Retires After 1950 Shooting
Washington reports Lt. Donald T. Birdzell of the White House police retires at 50 after a wound suffered defending President Truman. Birdzell was among three officers shot by two Puerto Rican assailants on November 1, 1950, in which one officer died.
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United States
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Arizona
Washington
Harry
Truman
Donald T. Birdzell
White House
Birdzell
Crash Survivors in Fair Condition After Palm Springs Air Show
Two light plane crash near Palm Springs leaves five dead at Palm Desert. Surviving pilot George Noddingham to be flown to Burbank. other survivor Dick Leylond injured. Planes were demonstrating at Desert Air Park fly-in motel when they collided in air.
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Palm Springs
Palm Desert
George Noddingham
Burbank
Dick Leylond
S. Hollyck PL
West Covina
Desert Air Park
Yney
Tom Patton
van Nuys
Jra C. McElhaney
Unions Honor Valley Men For Electrical Work Awards
Two San Gabriel Valley men receive regional honors from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 11 and the Los Angeles chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association. John J. Zimmerman and Bruce Skovmond, among six of 130 LA County electrical apprentices who passed their journeyman examination in 1959, are named.
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San Gabriel Valley
International Brothershood of Electrical Workers
Afl-Cio
Dpistrict 5
Los Angeles
National Electrical Contractors Association
John J. ‘Baker
IBEW
Donald P. Zimmerman
Delco Ave
el Monte
Bruce Skovmond
Conlin Ave
West Covina
Zimmerman
Skovmond
Los Angeles County
What To Look For In Moire Fabrics
The article explains moire fabrics including celanese nylon and rayon types. It distinguishes permanent moire patterns from impermanent ones, notes that heat rolled or embossing methods create designs, and advises asking merchants or experts to confirm fabric serviceability. It highlights that the permanent cotton moire is made by embossing plastic and curing at high temperature.
Wiley Tour Seen as Health Tonic for Eisenhower Aid
Senator Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin said he was not worried Eisenhower’s strenuous tour would harm his health. He argued the trip could instead bolster the president’s vigor and public support during the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Eisenhower
Pasadena Independent catalog shows weekly diary delivery deal
The item advertises a Pasadena daily paper offering prepaid subscription details. It notes a Sunday edition and second-class delivery at Pasadena City area addresses with a court order reference and contact numbers for the Colorado Building location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Gain
Colorado
Plan for a Stable Dollar and Personal Saving Drive
A speech-style message urges effort to curb inflation and stabilize the dollar. It emphasizes saving, reduced government spending, prudent shopping, and building nest eggs to safeguard buying power, create capital for growth, and expand jobs and opportunity for Americans. The Institute of Life Insurance promotes information on Lisa Thsranes at 484 Maison Avenue, NW York, New York.
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America
Institute OF Life Insurance Dental
Lisa Thsranes
Maison Avenue
York 22
New York
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